Shoe sole molding system

ABSTRACT

This invention relates to a shoe sole molding system comprising a press for molding a shoe sole and a mold control assembly for controlling mold members from the press. The mold control assembly comprises a body assembly movable up-and-down by means of hydraulic cylinder and piston. A carriage of box-shape in general is provided for carrying the body member and a rail member is provided for rollably engaging with the carriage member. Within the body member are nested two frame members in turn each carrying channel member for slidably engaging with the mold members in the press, thereby pulling out the mold members of the press, inserting the mold members into the press after the molding product is removed from the mold members.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

This invention relates to a shoe sole molding system, wherein in-and-outor separation of the mold members is achieved automatically.

In general, a shoe sole molding system requires mold members, heatapplying means to the mold members, and raising-lowering means of themold members. The mold normally comprises an upper mold member formolding of the contour, a middle mold member for molding of the innershape and a lower mold member for molding of the bottom face of a shoesole.

With the typical molding system, the raising and lowering of the moldmembers, inserting of rubber material into the mold members and locationof the members in registration have been achieved manually. Such manualoperation has a number of definite disadvantages.

A considerable amount of labor force is required because raising andlowering of the heavy mold members has to be repeated manually causing aworker to feel tired very easily. As a consequence, work efficiency isvery low thus producing bad quality of goods. In addition, the moldingrequires very experienced worker, because molding time depends upon onlyhis experience.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention is directed towards overcoming the abovedisadvantages.

The shoe sole molding system of the present invention comprises a presshaving three mold members therewithin and a mold control assembly. Themold control assembly comprises a carriage member and a body on thecarriage member. The assembly body comprises spaced front and rear wallmembers extending upwardly. Mounted within the wall members are nested abigger channel frame and a smaller channel frame. Each frame has a linkfor separating the mold members. A plurality of cylinders are providedfor pulling out, pushing back, and separating the mold members.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The invention will now be described in detail with reference to theaccompanying drawings wherein:

FIG. 1 is a side elevational of a shoe sole molding system of thepresent invention, showing the mold control assembly in registrationwith the press;

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view of the mold control assembly of thepresent invention, partially broken away and in cross-section;

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing details of the slider member and moldmembers;

FIG. 4 is a front view, partially broken away and in cross-sectionshowing details of engagement of a second, third and third slider memberconnected together and being sliddably movable with respect to oneanother;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the mold and the third cylindricalslider member;

FIG. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view of the cylindrical slidermember:

FIG. 7 is a side view of FIG. 4 partially in cross-section in operation;

FIG. 8 is a partial perspective view of the third slider member;

FIG. 9 is a longitudinal sectional view showing details of a threechannel bar assembly;

FIG. 10 is a view showing the roller and motor in connected position;

FIG. 11 is a view showing a link engaging with the inner wall member ofthe inner frame;

FIG. 12 is similar to FIG. 11, but showing the link in raised position;

FIG. 13 shows the smaller or inner side wall member having mountedthereon a link and channel bar pivoted to one another;

FIG. 14 shows a bigger or outer side wall member having mounted thereona link and channel bar pivoted to one another;

FIG. 15 is similar to FIG. 2, but showing the carriage member removed;

FIG. 16 is a part cross-sectional plan view of the link control slidermember of the present invention;

FIG. 17 is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing details of thedownwardly extending member having an outer longer groove and an innershorter groove;

FIG. 18 shows the uppermost frame member having an opposing pair ofuprights;

FIG. 19 is a perspective view showing carriage cover, two bases of theouter and inner frames and uppermost frame;

FIG. 20 is perspective view of an element which will be housed in thechannel bars of the shorter and bigger frame members;

FIG. 21 is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing the element of FIG.20 in the respective channel bars;

FIG. 22 is similar to FIG. 7, but showing the primary, secondary andtertiary slider members in retracted position;

FIG. 23 is a side elevational view of the mold control assembly showingdetails of the links and the channel bars.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Referring to the drawings, a shoe sole molding system of the presentinvention comprises a press P and a mold control assembly A.

The press P comprises a housing 3, a hydraulic cylinder 8 and a piston 9provided within the housing 3. A pressure board 10 is fixed to the upperend of the piston 9.

Molds 20 having an upper mold member 21 a middle mold member 22 and alower mold member 23 and mold support plates 7 are provided above thepiston 9.

One of the molds 20 and the corresponding support plate 7 are detachablemounted on the pressure board 10. The other molds and support plates aredisplaced one above the other as shown FIG. 1.

The press housing 10 has a plurality of slits 4 through which bolts 6are received for connecting with the corresponding mold support plates7. The mold support plates 7 each has a heating element therein.

Referring particularly to FIG. 3, each mold member has a pair ofchanneled portions 24 facing in an outward direction along the lowerlength thereof and a pair of notches 25. The lower mold member 23 has alatch member 26 fixed to the front end thereof, which latch member 26has a pair of integral hook-shaped members 29.

With the before described press P, upon applying hydraulic fluid to thecylinder 8, the piston 9 together with the pressure board 10 will beforced upwardly so as to raise the mold carriage member 7 together withthe mold 20 therewith. Each mold support plate 7 is raised up to theuppermost end of the corresponding slits 4 so that the mold 20 will joinalong the adjacent mold 20.

Upon permitting the hydraulic fluid to drain from the cylinder 8 themolds 20 are lowered and separated from the adjacent mold 20. Thepulling out of the mold members through a mold control assembly is to benow described.

The mold control assembly comprises a box-shaped carriage member C and amain body. A rail assembly is provided for carrying the box-shapedcarriage member C. The rail assembly comprises a fixed base 30 and apair of rails 31 provided thereon. A hollow boss 32 is upwardlyextending from the base 30.

The carriage member C has spaced pairs of rollers 41 which are disposedso as to be rollable engageable with the rails 31 to advance thecarriage member C therealong. Cross shafts 40 are provided for mountingthe rollers 41 thereon. Sprockets 43 around which a chain 48 is woundare mounted on the shafts 40 for connecting with the main body. Thebox-shaped carriage member C comprises a base 34 and four wall membersof U-shape fixed to the base 34. The front and rear wall members eachhas widened bottom ends on both sides thereof. To the widened bottomends are ounted motors M having sprockets 44 over which the chains 48pass. The chains 48 then pass over the roller sprockets 43. Switches 33are mounted fixedly on the front and rear wall members (see FIG. 10).

The carriage base 35 has a center hole through which a carriage anchorcylinder 55 is fixedly received, and four corner recesses for receivingfixedly hollow shorter columns 38. The anchor piston has a pin 56 on thebottom end thereof for being detachably received in the boss 32 on therail base 30, whereby the mold control assembly will hold in place so asto cooperate with the press P. In the four hollow shorter columns areslidably received four columns 39.

To the base 34 adjacent the front and rear carriage wall members are apair of height control cylinders 58. The height control cylinders 58 areanchored at 59 respectively to front and real body side support members105 and 106 (see FIG. 23). With the assembly, the mold control assemblybody can be raised or lowered so as to be in position in registrationwith the mold 20 which will be pulled out by the mold control assembly.

The carriage base 34 also has an outer or bigger frame control cylinder60 fixed thereto. On the box-shaped carriage member C is mounted arectangular cover plate 100 to both sides of which are fixed the frontand rear body wall members 105 and 106.

The carriage cover plate 100 has four corner holes 101 in registrationwith four corner holes in the carriage base 34 through which hollowshorter columns 110 are fixedly received. Through the four corner holes101 extend the columns 39 consecutively from the hollow columns 38 onthe carriage base 34. The rectangular cover plate 100 has a plurality ofrecesses 111 inwardly of the corner holes 101 in which shafts 112 arefixedly received at their bottom ends. To the center of the cover plate100 is fixed a smaller frame control cylinder 86 at its bottom end.

Over the cover plate 100 and the shafts 112 the bigger frame and thesmall frame are provided one within the other.

The bigger or outer frame member comprises a base plate 90, side wallmembers 103 upwardly extending from the both sides 91 of the base plate90, and channel bars 155 pivoted to the side wall members 103. Thechannel bars 155 are joined by a means 63 at the upper faces thereof.

The bigger base 90 has a plurality of holes 92 in registration with therecesses 111 in the cover plate 100 through which the shafts pass. Someof the holes 92 have fixing means 97 for closely passing the shaftsaround thereof. A bigger center hole 93 is provided in the bigger base90 for passing the small frame control cylinder 86 therethrough. Forcontrolling the bigger frame, the cylinders 60 are fixed to theunderside of the bigger base 90.

Referring particularly to FIG. 14, a pair of side walls 103 fixed toboth side ends of the bigger base 90 each has a link 76 pivoted at 132thereto and an inwardly extending protrusion 76'. The link 76 is pivotedat 77 to the channel bar 155 and the side wall member 103 is pivoted at133 to the channel bar 155.

A pair of spaced channel bars 155 each has a channel portion facing inan inward direction within which the middle mold member is telescopic. Alongitudinal through hole 148B is provided in the channel 155. Mountedwithin the bigger frame is nested the smaller frame. The smaller framecomprises a base plate 80 above the bigger base plate 90, a pair of sidewall uprights 102 inwardly of the bigger uprights 103. The chanel bars145 are joined by a means 64 at the upper faces thereof. The smallerbase has a plurality of holes 82. The holes 82 are in registration withthe holes 92 and the recesses 111 in the bigger base 90 and the coverplate 100 respectively. Through which the shafts 112 extends. Some ofthe holes 82 have fixing means 84 for closely passing the shafts 112around thereof.

Referring particularly to FIG. 14, a pair of the side uprights 102 eachhas a link 45 pivoted at 122 thereto with an outwardly extendingprotrusion 45' fixed to the lower end thereof. The link 45 is pivoted at146 to the channel bar 145 and the side upright 102 is pivoted at 123 tothe channel bar 155. A locking element 65 is provided on the top portionof the side uprights 102 for engaging a protrusion in the channel bars145. A pair of spaced channel bars 145 each has a channel portion facingin an inward direction within which the upper mold member is telescopic.Two holes 148A and 148 are provided in the channel bars 155, one hole153 being in communication with the hole 148B in the upper channelmember 155.

Mounted above the smaller base plate 80 is a four-cornered frame 70 towhich the shafts 112 through the bigger base 90 and the smaller base 80are bolted. To the side leg members provided inwardly of the smalleruprights 102 are bolted L-shaped members 73. Each of the L-shapedmembers has a longitudinal groove 74 facing in an outward direction forreceiving the inwardly extending protrusion 76'. A link control cylinder135 and a piston 136 are fixed between the body front and rear wallmember 105 and 106 for slidably moving the cross plate member 137 alongthe shaft 130. At both ends of the cross plate member 137 are providedsuspending plates 140. Each of the suspending plates 140 has a longerouter groove 142 for slidably receiving the outwardly extending link pin76' and a shorter inner groove 141 for slidably receiving the inwardlyextending link pin 45'.

Above the uppermost four-cornered frame 70 is mounted a first slidermember 137 and a link control cylinder 135. A link control piston 136 isfixed to the first slider member 137 on the central area thereof. Onboth sides of the link control cylinder 135 are horizontally provided apair of cross shafts 130. Each of the cross shafts 130 is fixed to thefront body wall and the rear body wall at both ends thereof and passesslidably through holes 129 provided in the first slider member 137. Tothe side ends of the first slider member 137 are fixed downwardlyextending members 140. The first slider member as shown in FIG. 16 has across plate member 137 and a pair of shafts 130 fixed between the bodyfront and rear wall members.

The downwardly extending members 140 each has an inner groove 141 forreceiving the outer extending protrusion 45' and an outer groove forreceiving the inwardly extending protrusion 76'.

Above the first slider member 137 are provided a pair of open casings144 each of which faces in an inward direction (see FIG. 4). The casings144 each is fixed to the front and rear body wall members 105 and 106 atboth end surfaces thereof. As shown in FIG. 3, teeth 143 are formedalong the lengthwise ends thereof, each of which teeth faces in aninward direction.

A pair of channel bars 125 are fixed to the corresponding open casings144 at the bottom faces thereof for nesting the lower mold member 23.

Between the open casings 144 is provided a second stepped slider member170. The second stepped slider member 170 comprises a pair of raisedplanes 174 and a channeled plate 172 joining the raised planes 174. Theraised planes 174 each has downwardly extending rear and frontprotrusions 174' apertured therein. The channeled plate 172 has adownwardly extending rear protrusion 176 apertured therein. A chainbracket 173 is fixed to the upper face of the channeled plate 172.

As shown in FIG. 3, a pair of cross shafts 177 are fixed to the bodyrear and front wall members 105 and 106 at their both ends passingthrough the apertures in the downwardly extending protrusions 174'. Asecond stepped slider member cylinder 178 is fixed to the front wall 105at the one end thereof and a second planar slider control piston 179 isfixed to the downwardly extending rear protrusion 176 at the one endthereof. A pair of pinions 186 are bolted to the end portions of theraised planes 174.

Slidably mounted on the second planar slider member 170 is provided athird planar slider member generally designated by 180'. As shown inFIG. 8 the third planar slider member 180' comprises a pair of rackplates 180 and a plate 183 joining the rack plates 180.

The rack plates 180 each have a downwardly extending channel 187 forslidably engaging with the corresponding second slider raised planes174, the channel 187 having a channeled portion facing in an outwarddirection. An upwardly extending channel 188 is bolted to the upper faceof each of the rack plates 180, the channeled portions facing in aninward direction. To the upper face of the rack plate 180 and spacedparallel with the upwardly extending channel 188 are mounted a shortermember 189 fixedly and a triangular-shaped member 190 pivotally by apivot member 192, the fixed shorter member 189 having a slanting surface189' and the pivotally movable member 190 having a spring 191 under thepivot member 192. The triangular-shaped rotatable member 190 has threeside surfaces one of which is biased away from the fixed member 189 by aforce of the spring 191. A pair of sprockets 184 each having an idlebearing (not shown) are fixedly mounted to the front and rear surfacesof the middle joining plate 183. Teeth 181 are formed along thelengthwise ends of the rack plates 180 each of which is engagable withthe corresponding pinion 186 which is engagable with the teeth in theopen casing 144.

Slidably mounted on the third planar slider member 180' is provided acylindrical slider member generally designated by 195. The fourthcylindrical member 196 comprises, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, acylindrical housing 196 and a stepped protruding member 197 for mountingthe cylindrical housing 196 thereon. Within the cylindrical housing 196are provided a lengthwise chamber 199 and a cross chamber 201communicating with each other.

In the lengthwise chamber 199 is axially disposed a cross shaft 210 onwhich a pinion is mounted. A locking member 211 is mounted on theoutward extending end of the shaft 210 for engaging with the latchmember 26 of the lower mold member 23. The locking member 211 comprisesa pair of locking elements 213 pivoted thereto. In the cross chamber 201a rack 200 is provided for engaging with the pinion 204 in thelengthwise chamber 199. One end of the rack 200 is mounted a spring 193therearound. Through the other end of the rack 200 is provided a shortershaft 205 on which a bearing 206 is mounted.

The stepped protruding member 197 has a pair of integral outwardlyextending plates 197B for being slidably received in the upwardlyextending channel 188 in the third planar slider member 180. A raisedplane 197A joins the outwardly extending plates 197B. To the undersideof the middle raised plane 197A is fixed a chain bracket. A pair ofchins 209 each passes over the sprockets 184 on the joining plate 183 ofthe third planar slider member and fixed to the brackets 198 and 173 ofthe stepped member 197 and thecond slider member 170.

Referring to FIG. 9, a pair of brackets 151 each is fixed to thecorresponding lower channel 125. To the upper face of each of thebrackets 151 are fixed a shorter pin 152 for being received in thepassage 148 in the middle channel 145 and a longer pin 153 for beingreceived in the passage 148B in the upper channel 155 through thepassage 148A in the middle channel 145.

Referring to FIG. 20, there is shown a channel-mold associating member160. The channel-mold associating member 160 comprises an up-and-downprotruding member 161 for engaging with the notches 25 in the moldmembers 21 and 22, a pair of horizontally extending members 161A, adownwardly extending member 167, 168 fixed to the downwardly extendingmember 167 and a sense switch 165 fixed to the downwardly extendingmember 167, the downwardly extending member 167 being rounded at thelower end thereof and one of the horizontally extending member beingL-shaped. The mold-channel cooperable member is nested within the middleand the upper channel 145 and 155 of the inner frame and the outerframe.

With the assembly of the present invention described hereinabove, theoperation of the shoe-sole molding system is now to be described.

Preferably, three presses P are provided in spaced parallel relationshipand the mold control assembly is cooperable with the presses Pconsecutively by the use of the time span of the molding in one press.

The registration of the mold control assembly with the press P causesthe mold control assembly rollable by the rollers 41 to stop by byswitches 33. Then, the actuation of the carriage anchor cylinder 55 thepin 56 is lowered and received in the hollow boss 32 resulting in thekeeping of the mold control assembly in place.

Then, upon actuation of the second slider control cylinder 178, thesecond slider control piston 179 will move slidably along the crossshafts 177 together with the second stepped slider member 170, therebycausing the pinions 186 to be rotated and engaging along the teeth 143of the open casings 144. Simultaneously with this movement of thepinions 186, the third planar slider member 180' moves slidably, thedistance of this latter movement being twice the distance of the secondstepped slider 170 due to the teeth 143 and 181 and the third planarslider member 180'. Simultaneous with the before-described movement ofthe second stepped slider member 170 and the third planar slider member180', the short shaft 205 moves from the mid position between the fixedmember 189 and the rotatable member 190 through the passage defined bythe upwardly extending channel 188 and the fixed member 189 towards thepress P.

Simultaneous with the movement of the second stepped slider member 170and the third planar slider member 180', the fourth cylindrical slidermember 195 moves slidably towards the press P, the moving distance ofthe fourth cylindrical slider member 195 being approximately one and ahalf times of the third toothed slider member 170, resulting in threetimes of the second stepped slider member 170 due to connection of thechains 209 to the brockets 173 and 185 through the sprockets 184.

When the movement of the second stepped slider member 170, the thirdplanar slider member 180' and the fourth cylindrical slider member 195stop moving toward the press P, the locking elements 213 will engage thelatch member 26 of the lower mold member 23.

After the locking elements 213 engage with the latch member 26, theslider control piston 179 will retract towards the slider controlcylinder 178 causing the mold members 21, 22 and 23 to be telescopedwithin the corresponding channels 125, 145 and 155. Simultaneous withthe telescoping process of the mold members, the short shaft 205 returnsthe passage between the fixed member 189 and the upwardly extendingchannel 188 and then pushes the rotatable member 190 to the positionshown by the phantom line in FIG. 8 for passing along the rotatablemember 190. In this condition, the longer and shorter pins 153 and 152are in contact with and push the end-rounded member 167 of theassociating member 160, springs 168 being in compression.

After the slider control cylinder 178 stops operating the bigger framecontrol cylinders 60 and the small frame control cylinder 85 willactuate for moving the bigger frame and the smaller frame upwardly.

According as the bigger and smaller frames move upwardly, the longer andshorter pins 153 and 152 pass through the corresponding passages 148B,148A and 148 causing the associating members 160 to urge to move towardthe corresponding mold members by the force of the spring 168 and beinserted into the corresponding notches 25 in the middle and uppermembers, thereby enabling the engaged pairs of channels and mold membersto move together. Simultaneous with the upward movement of the biggerframe and smaller frame, the locking element 65 on the side uprights 102of the smaller frame member will disengage the protruding holding member66 on the channels 145 of the smaller frame member.

Simultaneous with the upward movement of the frame members, the links 45and 76 move upwardly with the inwardly protruding pin 76' and theoutwardly protruding pin 45' being slidably inserted in the longeroutward groove 142 and the shorter inward groove 142 in the downwardlyextending members 140 of the first slider member 137. Thereafter, thelink control cylinder 135 actuates the link control piston 136 to movetowards the body rear wall member 106, thereby pulling the links 45 and76 towards the body rear wall member 106.

Simultaneous with the pulling movement of the links 45 and 76, thesmaller frame and the bigger frame are raised with the correspondingmold members 21 and 22 being engaged therewith. After the frames stop intheir raised position, only the bigger frame member is lowered slightlycausing the ouwardly protruding pins 76' to remove from the groove 142to the groove 74 of the uppermost regular tetragon-shaped frame member70. Thereafter, the molding product is removed from the mold members andthe rubber material is inserted into the mold members.

Following this, the link control piston 136 moves towards the body frontwall member 105. Simultaneous with this movement, only the middle moldnesting channel 145 of the smaller frame is lowered, with the upper moldnesting channel 155 remaining in the raised position. Thereafter, thesmaller frame control piston of the cylinder 85 is lowered causing theoutwardly protruding pins 45' to remove from the grooves 141.Thereafter, the link control piston 136 again moves toward the body rearwall member 106 and the bigger frame control pistons of the cylinders 60are again raised causing the outwardly protruding pins 76' again arereceived in the groove 142 in the member 140. Following this, the linkcontrol piston 136 retracts towards the body front wall member causingthe upper molding receivable channel of the bigger frame to abut againstthe middle mold receivable channel of the smaller frame.

After the above-described movement, the bigger frame control piston ofthe cylinders 60 are lowered and the fourth cylindrical slider member195 inserts the mold 20 into the press P.

The process of the insertion of the mold 20 into the press will now bedescribed in detail. According as the cylindrical slider member 195moves towards the press P, the shorter shaft 205 of the rack 200 willslide along the longer face of the rotatable member 190. Immediatelyafter the shaft 205 passes the pivot member 192 the rotatable member 190will be in the position shown by the solid line in FIG. 8, whereby therack 200 will move towards the teeth 181 away from the upper channel 188as long.

Over the cover plate 100 and the shafts 112 the bigger, outer framemember and the smaller, inner frame member are provided one above theother.

The bigger or outer frame member comprises a base plate 90, side wallmembers 103 upwardly fixed to the both side ends 91 of the base plateand channnel bars 155 pivoted to the side wall members 103.. The channelbars 155 are joined by a means 63 at the upper faces.

The bigger base 90 has a plurality of holes 92 in registration with therecesses 111 in the cover plate 100 through which the shafts 112 pass.Some of the holes 92 have fixing means 97 for closely passing the shaftsaround thereof. A bigger center hole 93 is provided in the bigger base90 for passing the small frame control cylinder 86 therethrough. Forcontrolling the bigger frame, the cylinders 60 are fixed to theunderside of the bigger base 90.

Referring particularly to FIG. 14, a pair of the side walls 103 fixed toboth side ends of the bigger base 90 each has a link 76 pivoted at 132thereto and an inwardly extending protrusion 76'. The link 76 is pivotedat 77 to the channel bar 155 and the side wall member 103 is pivoted at133 to the channel bar 155.

A pair of spaced channel bars 155 each has a channel portion facing inan inward direction within which the middle mold member is telescopic,and shorter and longer longitudinal passages 152 and 153 (see FIG. 9)

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A shoe sole molding system comprising:a plurality of presses(P) spaced parallel with one another and a mold control assembly (A)cooperable with said presses (P) in turn, each of said presses (P)comprising a plurality of molds (20) for molding shoe soles of rubbermaterial displaced one above the other, each of which having an uppermold member (21), a middle mold member (22) and a lower mold member(23), said mold members (21), (22), (23) each having a pair oflengthwise grooves (24) and notches (25) inwardly and continuously ofsaid grooves (24) at both sides thereof, said lower mold member (23)having an integral latch member (26) fixed to the front thereof, ahydraulic cylinder (8) and a piston (9) for raising or lowering saidmolds (20), said hydraulic piston (9) having a pressure board (10) fixedto the upper end thereof, a mold support plate (7) detachably mounted onsaid pressure board (10) and having a heating element (11) therein, oneof said molds (20) being detachably mounted on said mold support plate(7), the others of said molds (20) being displaced above said one mold(20) one above the other, said mold control assembly (A) comprising abody member, a carriage casing (C) for fixedly mounting said body memberthereon, a rail member for rollably moving said carriage casing (C)therealong, said rail member having a pair of rails (31), a fixed basefor fixing said rails (31) thereto having a hollow boss (32) at theupper face thereof, said carriage casing (C) comprising generallyU-shaped wall members, a bottom plate (35), a cover plate (100) movablymounted on said carriage casing (C), and a pair of height controlcylinders (58) having the lower end fixed to said bottom plate (35) andthe upper end fixed to said body member, said bottom plate (35)comprising an anchor cylinder (55) and a piston having an anchor pin(56) fixed to the lower end thereof for keeping said mold control memberin place and a pair of bigger frame control cylinders (60) havingpistons fixed thereto at the lower ends thereof, said body membercomprising a pair of upwardly extending front and rear wall members(105), (106) fixed to said carriage casing cover plate (100), a biggerframe of cube shape in general nested within said front and rear wallmembers (105), (106), a smaller frame of cube shape in general nestedwithin said bigger frame, a pair of toothed open casings (144) opened inan inward direction within said smaller frame of cube shape and havingthe front and rear faces fixed to said body wall members respectivelyand teeth (143) provided along the inner upper length thereof, a lowerchannel member (125) for receiving slidably said lower mold member (23)fixed to the upper faces of said toothed open casings (144), said biggerframe member comprising a bottom plate (90), a pair of upwardlyextending apertured side wall members (103) fixed to said bottom plate(90) at the lower ends thereof and having channel member (155) pivotedthereto for receiving slidably said upper mold member (21) withinchanneled portions thereof and a plate (63) for joining said channelmember (145), each of said apertured side wall members (103) having alink (76) pivoted thereto, said link (76) having an inwardly extendingpin 76' fixed to the lower end thereof, said bottom plate (90) having aplurality of non-central small holes (92) and said bigger frame bottomplate (90) having said bigger frame control cylinders (60) fixedthereto, said channel member (155) having a longitudinal through hole(148B), said smaller frame member comprising a bottom plate (80), a pairof extending apertured side wall members (103) fixed to said bottomplate (80) at the lower ends thereof and having channel member (145)pivoted thereto for receiving slidably said middle mold member (22)within channeled portions thereof and a plate (64) for joining saidchannel member (145), each of said apertured side wall members (102)having a link (45) pivoted thereto, said link (45) having an outwardlyextending pin (45') fixed to the lower end thereof, said bottom plate(80) having a plurality of non-central holes (82) in registration withsaid non-central holes (92) in said bigger frame, said channel member(145) having a pair of spaced through holes (148A), (148), said hole(148A) communicating with said through hole (148B), said hole (148)being placed inwardly of said hole (148A), said body member furthercomprising a four-cornered frame member (70) displaced above said bottomplate (80) of said smaller frame and having a pair of downwardlyextending plates (73) suspending from both leg members thereof, saidsuspending leg members (73) each having a lengthwise groove (74) facingin an outward direction for slidably receiving said outwardly extendinglink pin (76') therealong, two pairs of cross shafts (130), (177) fixedbetween said front and rear wall members (105), (106), one pair (130) ofsaid shafts being displaced above said four-cornered frame member (70)and the other pair (177) being placed above and inwardly of said shafts(130), a first slider member displaced above said four-cornered framemember (70) and slidably moving along said shafts (130) and comprising across plate member (137) having a pair of holes (129) for receiving saidshafts (130) and a link control cylinder (135) and a piston (136) fixedbetween said body front wall member (105) and the central area thereof,said cross plate member (137) having a pair of downwardly extendingplates (140) suspending from both ends thereof, said suspending plates(140), each having an inner shorter groove (141) for slidably receivingsaid outwardly extending link pin (45') and an outer longer groove (142)for slidably receiving an inwardly extending link pin (46'), said outerlonger groove (142) being displaced above and in registration with saidouter grooves (74) of said four-cornered frame member (70), a secondstepped slider member (170) displaced above and inwardly of and movabletogether with said first slider member, said second stepped slidermember (170) comprising a pair of raised planes (174) having downwardlyextending apertured protrusions (174') at the front and rear edgesthereof and a recessed plane (172) joining said raised planes (174) andhaving downwardly extending apertured protrusions (176) at the rear edgethereof and a chain bracket (173) fixed thereon, said shafts (177) forslidably mounting said second stepped slider member (170) therealongextending through said apertured protrusions (174'), said raised planes(174) each having a pinion (186) bolted thereto for engaging with thecorresponding one of said teeth (143) of said toothed casings (144), athird toothed planar slider member (180') slidably mounted on andmovable together with said second stepped slider member (170), saidthird planar slider member (180') having a pair of toothed plates (180),a joining plate (183) joining said toothed plates (180), said toothedplates (180) each having teeth (181) along the outer edge thereof forengaging said pinions (186) adjacent thereof and a downwardly extendinglengthwise channel (187) for being slidably received in said recessedplane (172) of said second slider member (170), an upwardly extendinglengthwise channel (188), a fixed member (189) spaced parallel with saidupwardly extending lengthwise channel (188) having a slanting surface(189') and a rotatable member of triangular shape (190) pivoted to theupper face of said toothed plates (180), said joining plate having rearand front sprockets (184) fixed to the rear and front faces thereof, afourth cylindrical slider member (195) slidably mounted on and movablewith said third toothed planar slider member (180') and being placedbetween said lower channel member (125) comprising a cylindrical housing(196), a stepped-base (197) for mounting said cylindrical housing (196),a lengthwise chamber (199), a cross chamber (201) communicating withsaid lengthwise chamber (199), said lengthwise chamber (199) having ashaft (210) therein and a pinion (204) mounted on said shaft (210), saidcross chamber (201) having a lengthwise rack (201) therein for engagingwith the pinion (204) of said lengthwise chamber (199), said rack (201)having a spring (193) around one end thereof and a through shaft (205)at the other end thereof, said shaft (210) in said lengthwise chamber(199) having a locking member (211) fixed to the outwardly extending endthereof, said locking member (211) having a pair of locking elements(213) pivoted thereto for engaging with said latch member (26) of saidlower mold member (23) and pulling said mold members (21), (22), (23)out of said press (P), said stepped base (197) having a chain bracket(198) fixed to the underside thereof, said mold control assembly furthercomprising a plurality of columns (39) movably mounted to said carriagebottom plate (35) at the lower ends thereof, passing through saidcarriage cover plate (100) and fixed to a frame member above saidfour-cornered frame member (70), a pair of height control cylinders (58)fixed to the upper face of said carriage bottom plate (35) at the lowerends thereof and to the front and rear body wall members (105), (106) atthe upper faces thereof, a plurality of columns (92) fixed to the upperface of said carriage cover plate (100) at their bottom ends and to saidfour cornered frame member (70) movably through said registered holes(82), (92) of said bigger frame and said smaller frame, a pair of linkchains (209) each being fixed to said chain brackets (198) at both endsthereof through said sprockets (184), a smaller frame control cylinder(85) for controlling said smaller frame fixed to the upper face of saidcarriage through a bottom center hold of said bigger frame (90) and apiston fixed to said bottom plate (80) of said smaller frame, amold-channel cooperable means (160) being nested within said channelmembers (145), (155) of said smaller and bigger frames for urging saidchannels and the corresponding one of said molds to cooperate with eachother and comprising a spring (168) for urging said means to insert intosaid notches (25) of said mold members, and a pair of brackets (151)each being fixed to both sides of said lower channel (125) and having alonger pin (153) and a shorter pin (152), said longer pin (153) beingable to control said mold-channel cooperable means (160) by beinginserted into said through hole (148B) through said hold (148A) and saidshorter pin (152) for controlling said mold-channel cooperable means(160) by being inserted in said through hole (148).
 2. A shoe holemolding system according to claim 1, wherein the moving distance of saidsecond, third and fourth slider members are approximately in the ratioof 1:2:3 because of the movement of said pinions (186) on said secondslider member, teeth (143), (81) of said toothed planar slider member,and the connection of said second, third and fourth slider members bysaid chains (209).